DesideriScuri -> RE: A War That The Press Isn't Talking About. I Wonder Why? (3/24/2012 8:21:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LoreBook Thank you for finally offering an actual explanation. First off a technicality. quote:
Until Actions in Article 41 have been attempted, Article 42 doesn't come into force anyway. Article 42 does not require that any of the actions suggested in Article 41 have been tried, its right there in plain English: "Should the Security Council consider that measures provided for in Article 41 would be inadequate or have proved to be inadequate". Notice the "or". That means that the actions do not have to have been proved to be inadequate before Article 42 can be called into effect, all that is required is for the SC to consider that they would be inadequate. So we can dispense with this part of your explanation as you have misinterpreted the meaning of the Article in question. Yep, missed the "or." Noted. Thanks for the correction. quote:
So, we have a resolution passed by the Security Council which authorizes the action. However, you're questioning the validity of that resolution, based on the Libyan situation being an internal one not involving more than one country. And without doing more reading, you seem to have that part right. But, given your well demonstrated skill for misreading things, and my recollection of the UN having made several similar rulings in the past (Korea, Somalia, & Kosovo, come to mind, but again this isn't something I have double checked), I am going to reserve judgment on that until I get the time to look it up myself. But, I maintain that that isn't relevant. Until the resolution is overturned or challenged in some way and ruled to be beyond the scope of the UN's charter, it is valid - much the same way that any law passed by Congress is valid until the Supreme Court rules otherwise. There has been no challenge, there has been no ruling of invalidity, so the resolution is valid, and therefore constitutes the "specific statutory authorization" required in the WPR, and for that reason, the WPR does not apply to Libya. And, who is going to challenge it? Isn't the way to challenge a law that is perceived as unConstitutional to buck the law and then duke it out? If no one challenges the law, that doesn't make it a good law. That just means there are other factors involved. Did the French get any repercussions over their underhanded dealings with Iraq, in regards to the Oil for Food program? Were they in the wrong before they were caught? quote:
The Uganda situation is different, there isn't a UN resolution in effect, as far as I know (again, I'll look it up later), but it is my understanding that Obama did inform Congress that he was sending the troops there. I know I read about it in the news before they actually went there, so its hard to construe that Congress didn't know when the rest of the world knew. You see, when you present a cogent argument, you give us something to work with, and you get a more cogent rebuttal. Hardly my first cogent argument, LoreBook. And, I will not also admit to being in error regarding Uganda. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-sends-100-us-troops-to-uganda-to-combat-lords-resistance-army/ quote:
The president in his letter noted that Congress passed “the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act,” signed into law on May 24, 2010, ...The act passed both houses of Congress with overwhelming support on May 10, 2010 with language that included “providing political, economic, military, and intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to protect civilians from the Lord’s Resistance Army.” I do admit when I am wrong. I don't like it, but I do it. But, only when I am shown to be wrong.
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